7/09/2008 @ 4:00PM

In Depth: Best Cities For Young Professionals

9. Milwaukee, Wis.

Surprised to see Milwaukee here? Don’t be. It has the fifth-highest concentration of top companies in the country, by our count. And those jobs pay. Despite a below-average cost of living, salaries paid to professionals are comfortably above the national average, at $54,169. Sweetening the deal further, the city is in the top quartile for its population of never-married citizens between 20 and 35.